Swimming is one of the best sport to do during pregnancy helps prepare women for the time of delivery and improves recovery after childbirth.
Friday 20 August 2010.
The Department of Youth and Sports has launched a year the aquatics program at the municipal swimming pool during the summer months.
This year the council has opted for a swimming course for pregnant and therapeutic swimming taught by instructors who have participated in more than 50 people during the summer months.
The councilman of Youth and Sports of Puerto Lumbreras, Mariano Carrasco explains that "all activities carried out in pregnant swimming courses are supervised by qualified personnel and are conducted under strict control so that both future mothers and their babies get the greatest benefits of this sport. "
Specifically, the practice of sport among pregnant women brings many physical benefits and also helps improve self-esteem, the feeling of lightness allows the joints are released, the horizontal position facilitates a better distribution of body weight without overloading an area particular, being an aerobic activity improves cardiorespiratory system provides tone to the muscles, exercising the arms, back, abdomen and legs, so it is considered a complete activity.
In addition, increased oxygenation is achieved in the blood of the mother also goes to the baby.
In pregnancy, physical activity is essential and very beneficial, firstly, because it helps prevent overweight and secondly, because it prepares women for the time of delivery and to have better recovery after childbirth.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras